John Martorano

I liked "The Departed" - it was a great movie. Although, I liked the original Hong Kong movie that it was based on better (Infernal Affairs). Looks like we might be getting another mob movie courtesy of Graham King, the producer of The Departed. Does the world need another Boston mob movie? Graham King thinks so. The producer of "The Departed" is making a movie based on the life and times of John Martorano, the onetime enforcer for James "Whitey" Bulger's Winter Hill Gang. Martorano was an executioner for the mob, killing 20 people over a decade. But when he learned that his associates, ... Read Full Story

Manuel Casabielle started on Boston hit man John Martorano, an admitted 20-time killer, who testified that he was "doing the right thing" when he agreed to cooperate with the prosecution. A day earlier, he said Connolly was the source of confidential FBI intelligence that Martorano's Winter Hill Gang used to kill potential witnesses against its members. "Were you doing the right thing by shooting Herbert Smith, Elizabeth Dixon and Douglas Barrett?" Casabielle asked Martorano."I don't know what you call the right thing," Martorano said. "It's regrettable. But it happened." Timeline Of Case Regrettable, perhaps, because the killings of two of the three victims were ... Read Full Story

Former hitman for Boston's Winter Hill Gang John Martorano testified in Miami today against former FBI agent John Connolly, and his words are nothing short of riveting. Connolly is on trial for working with James "Whitey" Bulger a former associate of the Winter Hill Gang who is currently a fugitive on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. Martorano described killing a possible informant after receiving a tip from Connolly while he was an FBI agent. It's like the real version of "The Departed." Mobsters and FBI agents all tangled up in some incestuous conspiracy that blurs the lines between law enforcement and crime. The ... Read Full Story

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